£4450
1930’s Joseph Lang
C. Boswell 12 Live pigeon.
£ 32,000
Tag: 12 bore
12 Bore
This 1930's Joseph Lang side by side has been diligently restored by our apprentices using an exceptional level of care and craftsmanship traditionally focussed on our new and bespoke Watson Bros guns.
This piece features 28" barrels measurments , minimum wall thickness left .031" Right .027" bore sizes left .734" Right .736" with 1/2 and 3/4 choking. Action with fifty percent original colour case hardening and a beautifully figured original stock with a length of 14 1/2" inc a 3/8" extension, Cast on 5/16" with a bend of 1 5/8" 2 1/4" The stock features original ovals with an interesting inscription of "DFR" on the side.
Gun weight of 6lb 12 oz.
Cased.
This is the earliest example of a pigeon gun we have seen with all the modern attributes that we come to expect. Fortunately the gun was in great shape when it arrived. The Damascus barrels are very sound and clean with a minimum wall of Right .027" Left .031” The chokes are both 1/2. The top rib is a 7/16” flat filecut (typical pigeon). Nitro proofed 2 3/4” 18.7 Bores. The small scroll engraved action has a third grip and sideclips as you would expect. The 14 3/4” pistolgrip stock is in very good condition with heel and toe pieces and pistol cap. The forend is a beautiful early beavertail.
As we loved the gun so much we decided to convert to ejector , the preferable non self cocking type to keep the romance of recocking the hammers . The gun weight is 8lb.
The work to be completed is in the finishing, regulate the ejectors , rebrown barrels and colour case harden the action. completion can be expected in 6 to 9 months.
The case it came in was not correct and we have cased it in an original Charles Boswell hammer gun case from the period .
All for the sum of £32,000